PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Babakov (ranked 1480 p4p, 174 weight class) and Tommy Shelby (ranked 1134 p4p, 141 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Babakov
vs
Shelby

176 cm
29
154 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

176 cm
24
155 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Evil Empire Nutrition - 151Q $100

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergei Babakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Shelby!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shelby throws a looping overhand right but Babakov ducks down to avoid it.

Babakov has taken the fight to the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Babakov.
Shelby lands with a right to the head.
Shelby lands with a left to the head.
Shelby throws a head punch that misses.
Babakov lands a nice shot to the body.
Shelby stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Shelby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shelby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shelby blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Babakov.
Shelby struggles to land a body shot inside as Babakov controls his hands.
A short right from Babakov on the inside.
Babakov has a couple of punches blocked by Shelby.
Babakov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babakov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shelby blocks an uppercut.
Shelby working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Babakov lands with a right to the head.
Babakov can't find room to land a body shot as Shelby controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babakov misses with a body punch.
Babakov scores with a shot to the side of Shelby's head.
Babakov prevents a body shot from Shelby.
Babakov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Babakov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shelby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shelby has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Babakov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Shelby can turn it around.
Shelby lands a shoulder strike.
Babakov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Babakov digs a right hand underneath Shelby's ribcage. Shelby let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shelby takes a shot to the head.
Shelby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Babakov blocks a body shot from Shelby.
Babakov throws a punch but it's blocked by Shelby.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Babakov.
Shelby lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Babakov or not.
Shelby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shelby is pressed up against the cage. Babakov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shelby down to the mat. Shelby avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Shelby lands a nice hook to Babakov's body. Babakov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shelby throws out a powerful jab.
Babakov throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shelby misses the shot to the body.

Babakov closes the distance and clinches.
Shelby tries a body shot but Babakov blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Babakov as the two fighters clinch.
Babakov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Shelby fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Shelby looks to score with a jab to the body but Babakov is just out of range.
Babakov looks to score with a jab to the body but Shelby is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shelby! But no joy.
Shelby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Babakov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Muay Thai in the buildup to the fight.
Babakov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shelby misses with a wild body shot.
Shelby thuds a left hand into Babakov's body.
Shelby gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tommy Shelby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shelby, as that shot connected.
Shelby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babakov moves away.
Babakov seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Shelby lands with a good body shot.
Nice shot by Babakov.

Shelby is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Shelby.
Shelby lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babakov is pawing at Shelby, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Shelby's nose. Shelby is badly hurt! Babakov pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Shelby tries desperately to hold on but Babakov is relentless in his assault! As Shelby receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Babakov away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergei Babakov!